DeBary woman spreading awareness for kidney donations while searching for transplant of her own

DEBARY, Fla. – On this time of giving, a DeBary girl is in the hunt for a kidney. Like many she is now on the waitlist in hopes of a donor. She got here ahead together with her story in hopes of not solely discovering a match for herself however one for another person.  

“I don’t wish to be in that place. I wish to stay life,” stated Nancy Raymond. 

Nancy is on the verge of kidney failure. The 63-year-old’s kidney operate is nearing a collapse. 

“That may imply I’d be scared,” stated Raymond. “I feel I might be eager for the longer term. I simply hope that somebody would come ahead and donate.”

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Nancy has confronted tough battles earlier than. In 2015, docs gave her one month to stay. She was battling liver most cancers on the time. A transplant saved her life, however the treatment protecting her liver alive is destroying her kidneys. Her biggest worry now will not be having the ability to see her granddaughter develop up. 

“Simply having the ability to see her develop up and seeing what sort of individual she’ll turn out to be and I’d wish to be there to assist form your future,” stated Raymond. 

Nancy is one in all 100,000 folks within the US determined for a kidney transplant. The wait time is 5 years until sufferers like Nancy can discover a match earlier than then. 

Nancy hopes that somebody will hear her story and discover out if they could be a donor. Even when she’s not a match for you, you might be for another person. 

“If you’re not a match with the blood sort there are applications had been you may give it to a different household who has a match for us and vice versa for anybody who has this and who’s dealing with these challenges,” stated Nancy’s daughter Juliet Hare.